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Photo of participants at the global ethics conference, Indian Institute of Mass Communication

3rd Global Media Ethics Roundtable: A meeting of minds

By Shakuntala Rao, SUNY-Plattsburgh

A significant trend in media ethics is the attempt to construct an ethics for media that are global in reach and impact. A major initiative is the Global Media Ethics Project – a series of roundtable meetings with journalists and scholars in various locations around the world. In November 2011, scholars and journalists from gathered for the third roundtable of the project in Delhi, India for an intensive discussion of ethics in an ever-changing global media. Shakuntala Rao reports on the third ethics roundtable. Read more »

Nominations for the 2012 Ethics Award are now open!

We are thrilled to announce the nomination call for our third Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics award, to be presented at CJE's conference on April 13, 2012. The Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics Award honors journalists in Wisconsin who have exhibited a strong commitment to responsible journalism in the public interest through their editorial decisions, their journalistic practice, and their stories. Read more »

CJE ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES, “MEDIA ETHICS ON THE DIGITAL FRONTIER”

The Center for Journalism Ethics introduces its first edition of the Media Ethics on the Digital Frontier online publication series. The series seeks to stimulate public debate on the most important ethical issues confronting media and journalism today. Access to the series is free because we aim to disseminate knowledge on media ethics as widely as possible. Read more »

Advancing editorial integrity in public media

By Byron Knight, Co-director of Editorial Integrity for Public Media Project

The digital age is fundamentally transforming how journalists create news and finance their projects. Fundamental change creates new problems but also new opportunities. Read more »

Upcoming Events

Anthony Shadid’s lecture now available for free download

Download Shadid's riveting lecture, "The Truths We Tell: Reporting on Faith, War and the Fate of Iraq," the inaugural issue in CJE's new publication series. Read more »

Save the date — CJE will hold its 4th annual ethics conference Friday 4/13/12

Join us for the 4th annual ethics conference, "ETHICS & ELECTIONS: Media, Money and Power in 2012" on Friday 4/13/12 at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Read more »

Prof. Ward joins National Academy of Sciences panel

Stephen Ward is one of 18 scholars invited to join a two-year study by the National Academy of Sciences. The committee’s task is to study the  ”Ethical and Societal Implications of Advances in Militarily Significant Technologies that are Rapidly Changing and … Read more »

Journalism Ethics in the News »

Student paper at Penn State prematurely tweeted news of Joe Paterno’s death and took a hit

The Collegian/Cal State University
January 23, 2012

Editorial: A lesson for students learning to navigate social media without compromising professional standards

Italian media: bloggers reveal false footage of shipwreck broadcast by certified journalists.

via Alaska Dispatch
January 23, 2012

Italian bloggers leverage incident by asking Nat’l Order of Journalists to ease restrictions on entering profession

Bahrain Journalists Association launches new code of ethics

Bahrain News Agency
January 21, 2012

IFJ president says, “Ethics we believe are not marginal to the future of journalism; they are key to its survival.”